The Phillies have agreed to a one-year, $7.65 million deal to avoid arbitration with pitcher Kyle Kendrick. The deal was first reported by Joel Sherman of the New York Post and confirmed by the Phillies official Twitter account shortly after. Kendrick is 64-55 with a 4.38 ERA in 194 games, 153 starts. The 29-year old right-hander is coming of a season in which he went 10-13 with a 4.70 ERA in 30 starts. The signing could be worse, in my opinion. It's only one year and not too much money and the Phillies have plenty of holes in their rotation.